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Five-letter words matching _R__D

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Showing 60 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

60 matching words8 not previously used17 past answers

Position 1A 13%B 13%T 13%D 10%

Position 3E 28%I 17%O 17%A 7%

Position 4E 47%A 15%I 12%N 12%

25 possible answers fit.

Among those candidates, BREAD produces the smallest worst-case feedback group.

Top-ranked next guess BREAD

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, C, D, F, G, P, T·3rd letter: A, E, I, O, U·4th letter: A, E, I, N, O, U, W

Possible answers

BRAID BRAND BREAD BREED BROAD BROOD CREED CRIED CROWD DREAD DRIED DRUID

13 more possible answers are in the full list below.

used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer

BRAID used BRAND used BREAD used BREED used BROAD used BROOD used CREED used CRIED possible CROWD used DREAD used DRIED possible DRUID possible FRAUD possible FREED possible FRIED used FROND used GRAND used GREED used GRIND used PRIED possible PROUD used TREAD possible TREND used TRIAD used TRIED possible ARMED guess DROID guess URGED guess ARCED guess AREAD guess AREDD guess ARKED guess ARLED guess AROID guess ARSED guess BREID guess BROND guess DREED guess DRYAD guess ERNED guess ERRED guess FREMD guess GRUED guess GRUND guess IRKED guess ORBED guess OREAD guess ORPED guess PREED guess PRODD guess TREED guess TRILD guess TROAD guess TRUED guess UREID guess URNED guess URPED guess URSID guess WRIED guess YRIVD guess

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Splits these words most evenly: ARLED of the 60 words here

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Useful letters still to test

E 63% A 33% I 30% O 22% U 18% B 15%

Words with five different letters

70% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BRAID BRAND BREAD BROAD CRIED

Common letter pairs

ED 29/60 words (48%) RE 18/60 words (30%) RO 10/60 words (17%) RI 10/60 words (17%) AD 9/60 words (15%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 22% · two: 72% · three or more: 6%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _R__D?: 60 five-letter words match _R__D in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 25 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, ARLED has the highest feedback entropy at 5.5 bits against the possible answers.

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